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Suddenly Splunk Enterprise KV Store Initialization Failed

vinod743374
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These are the errors i am getting, 

Create ssl certificate is also tried, it works fine, its not an ssl issue.

can any one help us

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Check the ownership and permissions for the E:\Program Files\Splunk\var\lib\splunk\kvstore\mongo\journal\lsn file.

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richgalloway
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SplunkTrust

What did you find in mongod.log and splunkd.log?

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vinod743374
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2022-12-09T07:20:04.178Z I STORAGE [journal writer] In File::open(), CreateFileW for 'E:\Program Files\Splunk\var\lib\splunk\kvstore\mongo\journal\lsn' failed with Access is denied.
2022-12-09T07:20:04.178Z I JOURNAL [journal writer] warning: open of lsn file failed

this is the error i am getting

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Check the ownership and permissions for the E:\Program Files\Splunk\var\lib\splunk\kvstore\mongo\journal\lsn file.

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vinod743374
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Thanks For the Solution, I just changed the Permissions for the Mongodb Folder and restarted the Splunk.

It worked.

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